Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Alternative combinations: Hyposteiromys axiculus, Steiromys axiculus
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Première contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique des couches à Colpodon [First contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Colopdon Beds]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 17:71-141
Belongs to Hypsosteiromys according to B. Patterson 1958
See also Ameghino 1902 and Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Hypsosteiromys nectus
Type specimen: MACN A 52-171, a mandible (fragment of right ramus with root of i, m1-3)
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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